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dust of the butterfly's wing is arranged. The larva 

 of this beautiful insect is shown on fig. 8 b. Like 

 that of the Atalanta, it feeds on the stinging-nettle. 



On plate D, fig. 1, is drawn a very lovely insect, 

 one of the numerous blue butterflies that may be 

 seen flitting about the flowers in a garden, themselves 

 of so flower-like an azure, that they may often be 

 mistaken for a blue blossom. The caterpillar, fig. 

 1 b, is, as may be seen, rather curious in shape, and 

 the pupa, fig. 1 c, is hardly less so. 



Amoug the scales of this insect occur certain speci- 

 mens called from their shape " battledore " scales, 

 some of which may be seen on plate K, fig. 8, con- 

 trasted with the ordinary scales. 



On the same plate as the blue butterfly, fig. 2, is 

 seen a very pretty and common insect, called the 

 " Orange-tip," on account of the colour of the wings. 

 Only the male butterfly possesses these decorations, 

 the female having wings merely white above, al- 

 though she retains the beautiful green speckling of 

 the under-wings. 



Two more butterflies, and those the commonest of 

 all, will complete this chapter. One will be at once 

 recognised from the drawing, plate I, fig. 4, as the 

 White Cabbage Butterfly. The specimen here re- 

 presented is the female ; the male is smaller and has 

 darker spots. 



This is the parent of those green and black cater- 

 pillars which devastate our cabbage-beds, make sieves 



